1989 Banbridge District Council election
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All 15 seats to Banbridge District Council 8 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to Banbridge District Council were held on 17 May 1989 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 15 councillors.
Election results[edit]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Ulster Unionist | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 60.0 | 58.0 | 8,928 | 10.8 | |
SDLP | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 19.2 | 2,959 | 0.5 | |
DUP | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13.3 | 13.5 | 2,083 | 11.9 | |
Independent Nationalist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 5.1 | 784 | 0.4 | |
Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 343 | 0.6 | |
Ulster Democratic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 290 | New |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary[edit]
Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
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UUP | SDLP | DUP | Others | ||||||
Banbridge Town | 63.7 | 3 | 19.6 | 1 | 9.8 | 1 | 6.9 | 0 | 5 |
Dromore | 61.7 | 4 | 18.3 | 1 | 14.5 | 0 | 5.5 | 0 | 5 |
Knockiveagh | 48.5 | 2 | 19.9 | 1 | 16.2 | 1 | 15.4 | 1 | 5 |
Total | 58.0 | 9 | 19.2 | 3 | 13.5 | 2 | 9.3 | 1 | 15 |
Districts results[edit]
Banbridge Town[edit]
1985: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1989: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1985-1989 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Joan Baird* | 31.18% | 1,549 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Archie McKelvey* | 16.83% | 836 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | John Dobson | 15.74% | 782 | 1,384.07 | |||
DUP | Margaret Walker | 9.78% | 486 | 572.01 | 1,054.96 | ||
SDLP | James Walsh* | 15.58% | 774 | 782.46 | 800.66 | 826.01 | |
Alliance | Mary Doyle | 6.90% | 343 | 355.22 | 394.87 | 452.72 | |
SDLP | Robert Murray | 3.99% | 198 | 199.41 | 206.56 | 214.36 | |
Electorate: 8,871 Valid: 4,968 (56.00%) Spoilt: 126 Quota: 829 Turnout: 5,094 (57.42%) |
Dromore[edit]
1985: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1989: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from DUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Drew Nelson | 20.81% | 1,109 | ||||||
SDLP | Cassie McDermott* | 18.31% | 976 | ||||||
Ulster Unionist | William Martin* | 15.87% | 846 | 874.8 | 876 | 916.32 | |||
Ulster Unionist | Robert Hill* | 14.39% | 767 | 814 | 821.4 | 844.36 | 893.36 | ||
Ulster Unionist | William McCracken | 10.68% | 569 | 669.8 | 676 | 683.56 | 729.96 | 822.6 | |
DUP | Robert McIlroy | 8.37% | 446 | 458.2 | 467.4 | 475.24 | 495.12 | 784.36 | |
DUP | William Lough | 6.14% | 327 | 346.4 | 350.6 | 354.24 | 439.4 | ||
Ulster Democratic | Colin Halliday | 4.07% | 217 | 224.4 | 268.8 | 271.32 | |||
Ulster Democratic | Thomas Dickson | 1.37% | 73 | 74.6 | |||||
Electorate: 7,883 Valid: 5,330 (67.61%) Spoilt: 103 Quota: 889 Turnout: 5,433 (68.92%) |
Knockiveagh[edit]
1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1985-1989 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
SDLP | Seamus Doyle | 14.52% | 739 | 942 | |||||
Independent Nationalist | Laurence McCartan* | 15.41% | 784 | 839 | 926.84 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Vivienne Bennett | 14.17% | 721 | 723 | 724.22 | 729.1 | 1,019.1 | ||
DUP | Wilfred McFadden* | 16.20% | 824 | 824 | 825.83 | 828.88 | 915.88 | ||
Ulster Unionist | Samuel Walker | 13.74% | 699 | 699 | 699 | 700.83 | 796.83 | 843.03 | |
Ulster Unionist | John Hanna | 10.34% | 526 | 526 | 527.22 | 527.83 | 570.44 | 691.64 | |
Ulster Unionist | James McRoberts | 10.30% | 524 | 524 | 524 | 524.61 | |||
SDLP | Peter McGreevy* | 5.34% | 272 | ||||||
Electorate: 7,162 Valid: 5,089 (71.06%) Spoilt: 117 Quota: 849 Turnout: 5,206 (72.69%) |
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Banbridge". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 21 July 2021.